Xin Zhilei

To celebrate Divas Hit the Road on its 10th year, go see China’s world circle of friends, put aside all the aura and pressure, escape from your familiar environment, and enter a foreign country that is inextricably linked to us. Explore the traces of the great exchange era in the human fireworks of the Silk Road and discover a new self. Three-stop itinerary, Laos, Saudi Arabia, and Iceland. Returning to the generation, seven permanent residents, five women and two men, the original formula is a surprise continuation. Different eras, different concepts, different interests, different habits, you want guests from the different seasons. (Source: Chinese = Douban || Translation = MyDramaList)

Zhang Qing, a present-day college student in culture and history major wants to study in professor Ye's postgraduate class, so he decides to write a historical fiction to elaborate his perspective of analyzing ancient literature history with modern concept. In the fiction, Zhang himself acts as a young man Fan Xian with mysterious life who lives in a remote seaside town of Kingdom Qing in his childhood, under the help of a mysterious mentor and a blindfolded watchman. Fan goes to the capital when he grows up, where he experiences plenty of ordeal and temper. Fan persists in adhering the rule of justice and goodness and lives his own glorious life.

The road to becoming an empress is paved with treachery. Ruyi is a consort who quickly learns to navigate the treacherous politics of the the royal court and move up the ranks. After becoming Empress, Ruyi still must survive the many conspiracies against her. Her relationship with Emperor Qianlong becomes eroded even when Ruyi is able to overcome the challenges. Can Ruyi maintain her role as Empress under such difficult circumstances?

Set against the backdrop of massive economic growth in the 1990s, the story follows A Bao, a self-made millionaire and his journey from being a young opportunist with a troubled past to accumulating dazzling wealth in the city of Shanghai. It also follows his entanglement with four women who represent the pursuits of his life: adventure, honour, love and innocence.